Carpet-stretcher



(No Model.)

L.- H. SPURGEON.

CARPET STRETGHER.

No. 481,411. Patented July 1, 1890.

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UNITED SD-ATES PATENT OEEIcE.

LARKIN HAMILTOL SPURGEON, OF I-IOUSTONIA, MISSOURI.

CARPET-STRETCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,411, dated July 1, 1890. Application filed February 18, 1890- Serial Nail 10,914. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LARKIN HAMILTON SPURGEON, a citizen of the United Stat-es, and a resident of Houstonia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to improvements in carpet-stretchers, the object being to provide a device for use in laying and stretching carpets which shall be simple and economical in construction, easily adjustable, according to the dimensions of the room or the size of the carpet to be laid, and which will perform the object for which it is designed in a rapid and eitective manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinaf-.

ter fully described and definitely pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan'view of a carpet-stretcher constructed according to my invention. Fig.

2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the stretching-board, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the short extension-bar.

In the said drawings, the reference-numerals 1 and 2 designate two parts of parallel bars connected together at their inner ends by the hinge 3, hinged separable, if desired. The outer ends of the bars of one of these sections or pairs are connected together by a crosspiece 4: and provided with a leather pad or cushion 5 to prevent injury to the walls or other portions of the room. The ends of the bars of the other pair or section are connected together by the transverse plates 6 and 7, forming a rectangular opening for the passage of the extension-bars, hereinafter described. These bars 1 and 2 are provided with anumber of holes or perforations 8 for the passage of a pin 9, by which the extension-bars 15 and 16 are held in place. These extension-bars may be two in number, one long and-the other short, for large or small rooms, and consist of rectangular Wooden strips, the longer having both ends grooved,the shorter having .one end curved or rounded and the other end teeth or points 14, which take into the car-.

pet. The other end of the stretching-board is rounded to engage with the grooves in the extension-bars. One corner of the carpet be ing tacked securely down in one corner of the room, the stretcher is laid along the wall of the room where the carpet is to be tacked down first, with its cushioned end against the other wall helping to form said corner, The stretcher now being extended and engaging with the carpet, as described below, the operator stretches the carpet as much as desired, the stretcher itself holding the carpet while he tacks along the first wall. One edge of the carpet having been tacked along one wall of the room, the padded or; cushioned end 5 of the stretcher is placed against said wall and the stretcher extended over toward the opposite wall, the extension-bar 15 being adjusted according to the size of the room by means of the pin 9 fitting in the holes therein and in the bars 1 and 2. The rounded end of the stretching-board is inserted in the groove in the outer end of the extension-bar, with the teeth 14 engaging with the carpet. This will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings. The stretcher having been adjusted with all parts lying flat on the floor in a line, the operator places the rounded end of the stretching-board in the groove in the outer end of the extension-bar, and, keeping their ends together, he raises them a short distance from the floor. While their ends are together and above the floor the teeth on the other end of the stretching-board are engaged in the carpet. Pressure is now made by the operator at the rounded end of the stretching-board, which brings all the parts of the stretcher down to the fioor in a line, and which causes the carpet to be tightly stretched and My invention can be adjusted to suit rooms;

of various dimensions by simply adjusting the extension-bars, as will be obvious.

Having thus described. my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The combination, with the two pairs of bars 1 and 2, hinged together at their inner ends:

with a separable hinge and provided with a series of perforations 8, a pad or cushion 5,

and the transverse plates 6 and 7, of the extension-bars 15 and 16, having grooves in their ends and both provided with perforations, a pin passing through said perforations, and a stretching-board having one end rounded and the other end beveled and provided with ametallic plate having anumber of teeth or points, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LARKIN HAMILTON SPURGEON.

Witnesses:

J. R. SPRINGER, D. L. BERRY. 

